I've been planning on attending the Miramar Airshow in San Diego this year......which by the way is a great show. Anyway, ever since the Govt has intiaiated the "sequestration" and stopped military aircraft taking part in airshows, I've been checking out the Miramar Airshow website from time to time to make sure it's still a go. To my surprise it looked like this years show would be on par with previous years, with a large display of military aircraft, both flying and static. ........well, I checked last night, and now it appears only ground displays of military aircraft will take place. Still some great civilian acts are scheduled. I've been watching the EAA Air Venture airshow online, and guess what........no Military aircraft........and as we all know, no Military aircraft at Reno.......or anywhere else.
Ranting section: Here we are, supposedly the greatest country in the world, and we can't even afford to fund any of our military demostration teams or any other military aircraft to the public which pays the taxes to this great govt. Oh wait, though, we have enough money to fund some third world country that doesn't even want our help and would spit on us or worse if given a chance. Or wait, lets fund some obscure project to save a frog that has disappeared years ago from a geographic location, but has taken up residence in another area and is thrieving. Oh ya, let's fire up Air Force One and go to San Francisco so we can raise money at a $30,000 a plate dinner so we can raise a couple million dollars, of course the expense to get there and back is ten times that amount. Oh ya, don't forget the support aircraft personel etc everytime it goes somewhere.......not to mention the closing of airspace and disruption of air service it creates......but wait, let's make sure we don't spend any money displaying our Armed Forces to the Tax Payers that make this country great, which as we all knows, gives us tax payers an oppurtunity to say "THANK YOU" to those men and women in uniform. I'm sorry, but I'm very dissapointed.
Brian
Ranting section: Here we are, supposedly the greatest country in the world, and we can't even afford to fund any of our military demostration teams or any other military aircraft to the public which pays the taxes to this great govt. Oh wait, though, we have enough money to fund some third world country that doesn't even want our help and would spit on us or worse if given a chance. Or wait, lets fund some obscure project to save a frog that has disappeared years ago from a geographic location, but has taken up residence in another area and is thrieving. Oh ya, let's fire up Air Force One and go to San Francisco so we can raise money at a $30,000 a plate dinner so we can raise a couple million dollars, of course the expense to get there and back is ten times that amount. Oh ya, don't forget the support aircraft personel etc everytime it goes somewhere.......not to mention the closing of airspace and disruption of air service it creates......but wait, let's make sure we don't spend any money displaying our Armed Forces to the Tax Payers that make this country great, which as we all knows, gives us tax payers an oppurtunity to say "THANK YOU" to those men and women in uniform. I'm sorry, but I'm very dissapointed.
Brian
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